As a founding ambassador of 46664, Annie Lennox appeared at the very first concert held in Cape Town in November 2003, and again when Mandela took his message to the Arctic Circle with a historic concert in Tromsø, Norway in June 2005. She made a further appearance for Mandela in George, South Africa in 2005 and will be present at this year’s 46664 World AIDS Day event on 1 December.

Lennox has openly stated that her first meeting with Mr Mandela at the 2003 Cape Town concert changed her life, and she has since then dedicated herself to fighting HIV/AIDS and social injustices. Her forthcoming album ‘Songs of Mass Destruction‘ is a result of her determination to bring awareness to the fact that the fight against AIDS needs to be sustained.

As a further response to the HIV/AIDS crisis, Annie has created a unique musical project entitled “SING”, which aims to focus mainly on women and children’s issues. For the first recorded song for “SING” Annie has been joined by “The Choir of 23″ – an extraordinary line up of internationally celebrated female recording artists which includes Madonna, Joss Stone, Anastacia, Celine Dion, Anjelque Kidjo, Dido, Gladys Knight, Sarah Mc Laughlin, K D Lang, Pink, Shakira, and the Sugarbabes . SING aims to work in partnership with female artists in order to raise money and bring awareness to the pandemic.

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